How we check

Official sources first

Ship figures come from the cruise line's own fact sheets and press pages, shipyard pages and, for identifiers, Wikidata. Port facts come from the port authority. Inspection scores and outbreaks come from the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program. Prices and charges come from each cruise line's own help pages and terms. Each figure on a page links to the page it came from.

Every figure is dated

Each page shows the date we last checked its figures against the sources. Cruise lines change charges and ports change parking rates, so if you are reading this months later, follow the link and confirm.

Conflicts are shown, gaps are left empty

When two official sources give different figures, we say so and explain which one we used and why. When no source we checked confirms a figure, the table shows "n/c" (not confirmed) rather than a number copied from an unsourced site. We never calculate a figure a source does not give, such as doubling a cabin count to get passenger capacity, unless the page says it is our calculation.

Independent

No cruise line, port or travel company reviews or pays for what we publish. If we add affiliate links, they will be marked, and they will never decide what we cover or say.

Corrections

Confirmed errors are fixed on the page and logged on our corrections page. Report one to [email protected].